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What 的 means

de

of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one")

dí

really and truly

Made of 白 + 勺

Words with 的

• 真的zhēn dereally; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine; (math.) proper
• 的话de huàif (coming after a conditional clause)
• 别的bié deelse; other
• 的确dí quèreally; indeed
• 目的mù dìpurpose; aim; goal; target; objective
• 说真的shuō zhēn deto tell the truth; honestly; in fact
• 似的shì deseems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [si4 de5]
• 目的地mù dì dìdestination (location)
• 有的是yǒu de shìhave plenty of; there's no lack of
• 他妈的tā mā de(taboo curse) damn it!; fucking
• 为的是wèi de shìfor the sake of; for the purpose of
• 端的duān dìreally; after all; details; particulars

的 in a sentence

• 那是我该说的话!

  nà shì wǒ gāi shuō de huà !

  That's MY line!

• 你在做什么特别的事吗？

  nǐ zài zuò shén me tè bié de shì ma ？

  Are you doing anything special?

• 可惜这是真的。

  kě xī zhè shì zhēn de 。

  It is unfortunately true.

• 电视的确有一些缺点。

  diàn shì dí què yǒu yì xiē quē diǎn 。

  It is true that television also has some disadvantages.

• 虽然听起来很奇怪，但是她说的的确是真的。

  suī rán tīng qǐ lái hěn qí guài ， dàn shì tā shuō de dí què shì zhēn de 。

  It may sound strange, but what she said is true.

Characters that sound like 的

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